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From right: The final session of speakers of the day was
Distinguished
Professor chaired by Prof. Dr. Adel M. Abdulaziz Algeriani
Datuk Dr of UIM who hosted a rather colourful panel
Shamsul Amri
Baharuddin of speakers based on the topics discussed.
(UKM), Dr Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Shad Saleem
Khalid Mohd.
Nor (UIM) and Faruqi of UiTM Shah Alam presented his vision
Mr. Badlisyah for “New Directions in Higher Education” while
Abdul Ghani
(CEO, CIMB Prof. Dato’ Dr Teo Kok Seong of Universiti
Islamic) Kebangsaan Malaysia stressed the wisdom and
Session 3 sensible proposition of an indigenous language,
Speakers from
left: Prof. Dato’ in particular Bahasa Melayu, as the medium
Dr. Teo Kok of instruction at higher learning institutions in
Seong (UKM),
Prof. Tonaga his paper entitled “Persoalan Bahasa Pengantar
Yasushi (Kyoto dalam Pengajian Tinggi”. The third speaker was
University),
Prof. Dr. Adel Prof. Tonaga Yasushi of Kyoto University, Japan
M. Abdulaziz who enlightened the audience with his “Good
Algeriani
(Chairman), and Evil According to Sufism and Pure Land
Emeritus Prof. Buddhism”. The session ended with Prof. Dr
Datuk Dr
Shad Saleem Suhartono Wiryopranoto of Universiti Gadjah
Faruqi (UiTM)
and Prof. Dr Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia who presented
Suhartono his paper “Hikmah Kegemilangan Kesultanan
Wiryopranoto
(Universiti Yogyakarta Hamengku Buwono IX, 1940 – 1988”.
Gadjah Mada)
In his closing remarks, Tan Sri Prof. Dr Mohd.
Islamic shared some lessons learnt in the Islamic Yusof Noor thanked the distinguished local and
financial sector in his presentation entitled foreign speakers for sharing their knowledge
“Simple Wisdom that can Guide Us Forward and wisdom and the delegates for making the
through the Prism of Islamic Finance”. Due to event a triumph. It was remarkable to fit all the
time constraint, the Q&A session was waived to speakers in a very limited timeframe. He also
allow for the third session to take place. expressed his hope that ICW would mark the

The UIM Convention on Wisdom represented a unique, polycentric
platform for combining and exchanging knowledge on contemporary
debates of critical importance to diverse societal stakeholders.

The range of different lenses through which the phenomenon
of ‘wisdom’ was examined and debated encompassing the
anthropological, the pedagogical, the sociological, the historical, the
spiritual, the legal and the managerial made the convention truly
unique. I was honoured to share a platform with this cohort of scholars
and I learned a tremendous amount.
Above all the Convention in my view did real justice to UIM’s
vision for the growth and safeguarding of a postgraduate university
with a truly interdisciplinary academic architecture and a research

agenda committed to comparative perspectives and a global view.

Professor Michael J Morley
University of Limerick, Ireland

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